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File photo of Balázs Bús
“Balázs was arrested, and it was not until I spoke with his lawyer that I found out they had taken him to Csillag Prison in Szeged,” says Mária Balogh, a photographer and the partner of the detained Balázs Bús, former mayor of the Óbuda district of Budapest and, until recently, vice president of the National Cultural Fund (NKA), writes the Polish news portal, Do Rzeczy.
On June 23, Balázs Bús, the former mayor of the Óbuda district of Budapest, a longtime vice president of the National Cultural Fund (NKA),was arrested by authorities in Budapest. Mr. Bús has not yet been charged with any crimes, yet he is being held in the pretrial detention center at the maximum security Csillag (Star) Prison in Szeged. The prison has a reputation as the harshest in Hungary. Among its current inmates serving life sentences without parole are, among others, Marinko Magda, a hitman who worked for the Serbian mafia and terrorized Hungary in the 1990s. Other inmates include members of a gang responsible for numerous arson attacks and murders targeting Roma, serial killers and psychopaths.
Political prisoners were always sent to this prison: anarchists, communists, fascists, and later also kulaks, participants in the 1956 uprising, and activists of the democratic opposition. It was not until 1989 that this grim tradition was broken. And it would probably be best if it remained that way, although the numerous circumstances surrounding Balázs Bús’s arrest inevitably raise certain doubts, writes Maciej Szymanowski, former President of the Polish-Hungarian Felczak Institute in Warsaw. He has conducted an interview with Maria Balogh, wife of Balázs Bús.
Maciej Szymanowski: Did your husband expect to be arrested?
Mária Balogh: Not at all! Although a week before his arrest, he received a few strange questions from the (pro-government—ed.) news portal 444.hu. One of them was: “Do you expect to be arrested?”
What happened at the moment of his arrest?
We were at home when, at 6 a.m., we heard the doorbell ring. Generally, the investigators behaved normally, though the atmosphere was a bit tense. We cooperated with them, but of course it was not pleasant. They searched the apartment, going through every drawer. First, three arrived, then two more investigators joined them. IT specialists also showed up and stayed with us for hours afterward. Balázs was arrested, and I only found out from our lawyer that they had taken him to Csillag Prison in Szeged (Southern Hungary).
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Do you know why he was sent to Csillag Prison specifically?
Well, I would love to ask that question myself, because it is one of the harshest, if not the harshest, prisons in Hungary. He was given the status of a prisoner under special supervision. He is strictly isolated from other prisoners and is allowed to leave his cell for only one hour a day, when he is permitted to go out into the exercise yard. In my opinion, these are not the conditions under which a person in pretrial detention should be held.
Are you able to correspond with him or speak to him?
We were only able to make first contact after three weeks, when attorney Gábor Papp appealed to the prosecutor’s office for help, and the press picked up on the story. Until then, all I knew was that he was being held in the pretrial detention center at Csillag Prison.
Now the situation is better in the sense that he has been given a phone, and we can talk for up to 80 minutes a week. We can also write to each other, though that does not mean all my letters reach him. When I sent him a package with clothes, I included two books. The clothes arrived, but the books did not. I have also been granted the right to a face-to-face visit twice a month for up to one hour. I managed to meet with Balázs once at the end of July. I am waiting for the opportunity for another visit.
I am sorry to ask this, but how is the detainee feeling right now?
Balázs’s faith helps him a great deal. He prays a lot. He studied theology, but he also served in the military, which allows him to take such “adventures”—like a cell full of bedbugs or having his walks scheduled for noon, when temperatures in the shade are above 40 degrees Celsius—in stride. His family’s support also keeps his spirits up. And not just his family, for that matter. A great many people stand in solidarity with him—including those with left-wing views.
The last time we saw him, Balázs was holding up well. I do not know how things will go from here, because of those bedbug bites… His hands are covered in bites. And he has developed eczema on them, too. He asked for vitamins, but all he received were forms to fill out for an application.
He complains that time is passing very slowly for him, but he is overcoming each new difficulty because he knows he is innocent, that he has done nothing wrong. His friends and acquaintances know this as well; in fact, they just called me a moment ago to say that a large group of them has just commissioned a Mass to be said for him.
Where did Mr. Balázs’s great interest in Poland and its history come from?
He has many friends among Poles. And where did that come from? Without a doubt, he will explain it best himself as soon as he is released.
As the above interview might indicate, there is a growing interest in Balázs Bús’ case among the Polish public and media. Mr. Bús is considered to be a great friend of Poland and the Polish people, a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his numerous achievements—such as the creation of the Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko Park in the Hungarian capital and his co-funding of the monumental Katyn Massacre Memorial.
Via Do Rzeczy; Featured Image: Mária Balogh, Do Rzeczy
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